Thursday, September 16, 2010

Girly Swot

I finished my Daybreak Shawl - more of a cape really - just in time for, um, spring. I was inspired to knit this wrap when I saw Margarita's one made from (among others) knitabulous Sacred Forest from the Black Japan Club.

I'm so glad I did too because I really really really love it, and I'm going to wear it to death when I'm overseas next month.

Pattern:Daybreak Shawl - Stephen WestYarn:Sundara Sock Yarn - from the 2009 Napa Valley Yarn Club Cabernet Grapes (2 skeins) Aged Oak Barrell (1 skein) Turning Leaves (30 g or so - just used here and there)Needles: 3.50 mmModifications:None except that I just kept going until the Aged Oak Barrell ran out, which led to a bigger wrap. And I added a stripe here and there of a third colour - not in the instructions.

I tried it on to show my mother and she pursed her lips and said 'I really hate capes', so I think I might have to give it to her for Christmas .. hehehe.

So bouyed have I been by this success, and the recent workshop I did with Liz Gemmell where she said there really were no shortcuts to knitting for proper fit (I knew this. I just wanted it not to be true.), I have begun a new project. But this time, for the first time, I'm really doing it properly..

I put a label on the swatch so I remember what it is. What a girly swot I am..

Love the Daybreak - it looks stunning. Layering for travel is THE way to go.I am avoiding the LG swatch process by knitting more shawls - but I know I will have to face it soon because I really want some knitted garments.

Magnific, gorgeous!Well, I have a question for you and everybody:Could you comment in my blog what kind od pieces were knitting in XX century in your country.? What style? What fibers used they? What tecniques?I try to do a little history of knitting and I need the main witness: yourselfs.Think in your chilhood, mothers, grandmothers...Thank you.

Tres Chic. Daybreak must be catching too, just saw reference to yours on baamekniits! Yes, girly swot indeed, but those labels do save a world of pain when you have totally forgotten where you were up to later on (so long as they stay on)!